skepllerFeb 24

TOML

https://lemmy.world/post/43529621

Show threadpanda_abyssFeb 24

If yaml didn’t have anchors and 8 different white space formats, it’d be a great replacement for this kind of thing.

But yaml is a mess, and you’d think you could parse it easily, but you can’t.

Show threadfloquantFeb 24

YAML is redeemed by one thing only:

All JSON is valid YAML.

Show threadPieMePlenty
No way. You’re telling me I can just write json instead?
Feb 25 at 7:17amWeb
Show threadJayjaderFeb 25

Yup! YAML is defined as a “strict superset” of JSON (or at least, it was the last time I checked".

It’s a lot like markdown and HTML; when you want to write something deeply structured and somewhat complex you can always drop back/down to the format with explicit closing delimiters and it just works™.

Show threadTerrasqueFeb 25
I found out the hard way this is not entirely correct, as a user found a valid json that yaml parsers didn’t handle. IIRC it was some exotic whitespace issue
Show threadfloquantFeb 25
Yes, in true YAML fashion, there are some edge cases where things act weird but are technically correct.